The sun., 1887-03-27
A LOUISIANA GAME PARK.
INTENDED TO PROrIDE SHOOTING IN
THE ENGLISH STYLE -

raise. II will be remembered that about
month ago Gen. Cassius M. Clay OF Kentucky
wrote to the President calling attention TO tho
fact that a lot of these burrowinR rabbits were
being imported into this country. and praying
that some action be taken to prevent their
landing here. as they were far more dangerous
and destructive than the plague itself. The
President could do nothing in the matter. ana
turned the letter over to the Secretary OF the
Treasury; the latter also was unable to oner
relief and referred the question to the ways
and Means Committee OF the House ana tho
Commissioner OF Agriculture. Commissioner
Colman issued q very severe and denunciatofy
pronunciamento against the alien rabbit, with
quotations from the Australian blue books to
show how this little beast had ravaged tnat
continent. There the matter has been allowed
to rest as It well might do. as the cargo OF rab-
bits to which Gen. Clay objected had been
landed and established in Tangipahoa parish
long before his letter to the President.
Tho gentleman who made these importa-
tions, Mr.. John A. Morris Of New Orleans and
New York. is seeking to create In this state
shooting park, with preserves attached, such
as are to be found by the hundred In Great
Britain, but which are altogether now here:
and, In carrying out this idea, which he has
had for more than three years, Mr.. Morris has
worked earnestly and systematically. Lou-
isiana, once an excellent State for game. has
become. since the negroes began buying ana
using shotguns, an almost worthless field for
the sportsman. There is some shooting OF
ducks and snipes in the swamps. but with this
exception the native game has either been
killed of or frightened away by the negro hum
ters and their guns. MIR. Morris. who Is q
great friend Of sport. finding that there was
no chance for 1t here. set to work to create Q
game park for himself and his friends.
He was fortunate in possessing In the Hen.
nen place an admirable location for such .
park. This place. some 4,5OO acres in extent.
noys 1y Gsnsrai eounipy
varied and beautiful roinR fh II hr gentle nd rs
able mingling 81 aelds. thiekets and groves. 8:
tre e,i Of tho % place place. stands the Old Hennen man.
G
be found only In the SOUTH with nr&e, airy nv
sa yne o s e s
the broad yerandas peculiar to the Southern
residence q f0Eme. days There is Il, n
varieties Of fruit hot houses, DC.
It is the game preserves and park however.
into shooting park !, has been about @ completed:
shSsn sSs
place orginalI mainly hn deer Snab
em hs pss H oean49 % EP ss
erd Shooting q me
of these handsome birds were broYeht here e 9
Sai eontinued % importing them aati there Is now
large numb in the park. Other importations
fabb "a shs
q row was raised; English pertridges. and
here gan game essr
siSn WIN theIr hs Tes He% home Ths BIRDS
suffered severely on shipboard and many died: !:
mated. and az breeding rapidly; The rabbits
s1snss tSs
5s az well ~ e
eRtcEens are dyinx Mr. ps Morris Is also seeking
sass w bd y se IL s
BY setting the tame birds on wild turkey eggs.
and he has % several Ill large e broods Of this ape lp
viii Be seen. therefore. that as far, as game
Win furnish shooting al tho year round, ineinds
Ing deer bare and rabbit both Hatiys tive and tor
ants anas doves s' and u other
s%aer birds as are native to this district
| Of food. The entire park is surrounded by q
Ssh tsod That Is hoped @ shsy " viii MY Se sstssd
6oard
Sd with WnSs
wander about the estate as they may choose;
birds sufiicieney OF food and water Although
there are number Of streams running through
Vide an extra supply Of water for the gamc In
the event Of drought. and ac@cprdtngly @ bored
whoy successu S ana he has been compesI SnIs
lakes have been created. along the borders Of
attract wild ducks. The result has been thor
opghly satisfactory., the lake afrording an
The provisions for food seem almost extrav.
seant, The Hennen place was formerly q
employed on It. 1t is not to be cultivated to-day
but 800 acres are under crop wholly and solely
the etbsr s1aR mb yhSsp
and the crop cultivated ike any other: but It Is
the on only reapers For the rabbits and phess.
ants several acres have been planted In pea
&C.. & 50 % as to assure 70 the Sirds ana beasts
green food throughout the year. Finally. as
planted around the ponds @ Tor The sttractios q
with the natura! lo0d the place oilers In the
| is thought prevent the game from roaming.
and keep II fat throughout the year.
Mr. Morris has organized a force. OF game
keepers. most OF them old professional hunt.
the estate for the purpose Of killing all snakes.
| owls. foxes and similar enemies OF the birds
stocked. 1t is also their duty to distribute
food in those localities likely to be the haunts
OF game. and TO keep of poachers and
Morrisania" is not to be mere shooting
| park, however, but a fishing resort as we'll It
There were several large ponds already on the
place, but, not satisfied with these, MIR. Norris
across the streams running through the estate,
and in this manner he has made chain OF
is no necessity for stocking these ponds In fsh,
as they already contain perch, green TROUT, and
the % Seth tn Green principle Of iish propaeatiopn. pas ip
the upper, ponds being used to hatch out the